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. 1978 May;61(5):724-35.
doi: 10.1097/00006534-197805000-00011.

Immediate reconstruction of a resected segment of the lower jaw, using a compound flap of clavicle and sternomastoid muscle

S O Siemssen, B Kirkby, T P O'Connor

Immediate reconstruction of a resected segment of the lower jaw, using a compound flap of clavicle and sternomastoid muscle

S O Siemssen et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1978 May.

Abstract

A brief account is given of the experimental data and the laboratory findings relative to the use of compound bone flaps of clavicle on a pedicle of sternomastoid muscle for restoration of mandibular defects. The clinical data on this method in 18 consecutive patients are presented and discussed.

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